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Have Fun, Make Money, Do Good!

Elizabeth Fletcher Brown at Podcast Summit

My friend, Shawn (left) and I at the Fun Money Good Podcast Summit

I just returned from Chico, California. I was there for a blogging and podcasting seminar facilitated by Jody Colvard and Declan Dunn of the Fun Money Good Network (for folks who want to have fun and make money, while doing good in the world).

I met some wonderful and talented people there, and plan on sharing their expertise with you by interviewing some of them for Massage Success Radio.

I also learned lots about blogging and podcasting, so that I can continue to bring you the best resources to help you build your massage business.

And I had lots of fun…

Step 6 to Staying Motivated and Enthusiastic as You Build the Massage Business of Your Dreams

Take time to smell the roses.

And finally, we get to step number 6. And it is….. Ta Da !…. drum roll please….. Take time to smell the roses by stopping to acknowledge yourself each time you reach one of your benchmark goals. I can’t tell you how often this step is skipped, and how important it is. Acknowledging yourself is a way of affirming that you did it, and deeply nourishes your well-being.

Think about how you would feel if you were climbing a mountain and you never once stopped to survey the vista below or to marvel at how far you had come. All you would see would be the task still ahead, which can be invigorating for a while, but can soon grow tiring.

Acknowledging yourself for what you have accomplished so far, clears the way for you to move on to the next level of success. And it can be something as simple as taking a breath and saying “I did it!”, or it could be a trip to Hawaii! You choose.

So take some time now to think about how you will acknowledge yourself as you reach your key benchmarks on your journey to absolute massage business successs.

And remember…. Have fun along the way.

Step 2 to Staying Motivated and Enthusiastic as You Build the Massage Business of Your Dreams

Create a success ritual or daily success habit.

Success, just like failure, is the result of the little “habits” that make up our daily lives. Stop for just a minute and think about the one thing that you could do on a daily basis that would make the success of your massage business much more of a probability. For example, for someone it may be meditating. For someone else it may be working out at the gym, or a peaceful walk in nature, or reading an affirmation, or reading about or listening to the success stories of others. Do you get the idea?

So take a moment now to complete the following sentence. My daily success habit that I commit to every day is …..

Step 3 coming soon.

Step 1 to Staying Motivated and Enthusiastic as You Build the Massage Business of Your Dreams

Know why you want this.

The most important thing that will keep you motivated is having a clear intention… a clear vision of why you are doing this. And the second most important thing is keeping that vision or intention in the forefront of your mind. To help you with this, answer the following questions as honestly as you can.

If you had the level of massage business success that you want, what would that give you?

And that would give you…?

And the reason that is important is …?

Try to get to the core of why this matters so much to you. Why are you willing to put your time, energy and life force into building a massage business? There are many ways to make a living. But you chose massage. Why?